Original news and analysis on international IP policy
This is a description
Por Bruce Gain para Intellectual Property Watch Después de cinco años y de más de 30.000 demandas judiciales, ambas partes de la batalla legal de la industria discográfica contra el intercambio ilegal de archivos en EE. UU. se adjudican la…
By William New The leaders of the powerful United States Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday warned US trade negotiators to rein in the scope of negotiations on an international treaty against counterfeiting, and to make the process more transparent. At…
By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch
Five years and over 30,000 lawsuits later, both sides in the music industry's legal battle against illegal file-sharing in the United States claim they are prevailing.
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch In the waning days of this congressional session in the United States, US lawmakers are passing a flurry of intellectual property-related bills. One of the bills awaiting President Bush’s signature would create…
By William New Member governments of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization concluded this year’s annual assemblies with high optimism for the future of the intellectual property system and for the organisation. “We’re glad to see WIPO back to its…
By William New and Kaitlin Mara Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization completed their annual General Assemblies earlier than scheduled this year, but some of the most difficult decisions – such as the budget – will be addressed…
By William New Top officials from the world’s five biggest patent offices met Wednesday night in Geneva to discuss ways to further harmonise their activities, United States Patent Commissioner John Doll told Intellectual Property Watch. Meanwhile, members of the World…
By William New Australian Francis Gurry became the next in a short list of leaders of the World Intellectual Property Organization Monday, and promptly signalled a programme of increased multilateralism and bolstered global and local relevance for the United Nations…
By William New The 2008 annual assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization likely will be remembered for some time, as the choices member governments make there this week may have a profound effect on the future of the United…
By Kaitlin Mara Perhaps no topic over the past year has been cause for more uneasy speculation within the intellectual property community than the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), primarily because the negotiating process for this treaty has been behind tightly…
Por Kaitlin Mara Más allá del dominio de la tradicional industria del entretenimiento, protegida por marcas comerciales y cuyos propietarios son grandes estudios, existe un sinfín de artistas sin audiencias que están buscando la manera de distribuir su creatividad, y…
Par Kaitlin Mara Hors des frontières du royaume de l’industrie traditionnelle du divertissement, régi par les gros studios et placé sous la protection des marques, on rencontre un très grand nombre d’artistes sans public à la recherche de moyens pour…